Places

Date: 1943

From: Pascoe, John Dobree, 1908-1972 :Photographic albums, prints and negatives

Reference: 1/4-000759-F

Description: Japanese prisoners of war putting in tomato plants at the state market gardens, near Featherston, in 1943. Photograph taken by John Dobree Pascoe. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s).

Date: 1843

From: Wakefield, Edward Jerningham 1820-1879 :Illustrations to "Adventure in New Zealand". Lithographed from original drawings taken on the spot by Mrs Wicksteed, Miss King, Mrs Fox, Mr John Saxton, Mr Charles Heaphy, Mr S. C. Brees and Captain W. Mein Smith. London, Smith Elder & Co, 1845.

Reference: PUBL-0011-08-1

Description: An extensive view of the Wairarapa Plain with Wairarapa Lake on the left, Rimutaka Range and Tararua Ranges in the background. A boar hunt is underway in the foreground, with one Maori man and a dog to the right. The Maori man is dressed in traditional costume, and appears to be carrying a rope. Bracken and ferns in the foreground and clumps of bush on the plain. The accompanying text reads: This district lies about fifty miles from Wellington by the nearest road. Mr Charles Kettle, one of the Company's Assistant-Surveyors, ascended the Manawatu River, which flows along the other side of the Tararua Mountains, and entered this plain by rounding the low spurs at the extreme right of the view. The forest consists of the largest trees. The open tracts are covered with grass, feern and tutu bushes. Wild hogs abound in this plain. The Ruamahanga flows through the midst of it, and passes through Lake Wairarapa into Palliser Bay. The plain of the Ruamahanga is about sixty miles in length, with an average breadth of twelve miles. There is one small native village at its northern extremity, and another on the beach at Palliser Bay, as well as a whaling station supplied from Wellington. Lake Wairarapa is ten miles long, and from two to three miles broad. Between the lake and the sea several settlers from Wellington have recently squatted with large herds of cattle, which they drove along the sea-coast. Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Lithograph, hand-coloured 238 x 460 mm

Date: 1843

From: Wakefield, Edward Jerningham 1820-1879 :Illustrations to "Adventure in New Zealand". Lithographed from original drawings taken on the spot by Mrs Wicksteed, Miss King, Mrs Fox, Mr John Saxton, Mr Charles Heaphy, Mr S. C. Brees and Captain W. Mein Smith. London, Smith Elder & Co, 1845.

Reference: PUBL-0011-08-2

Description: An extensive view of the Wairarapa Plain with Rimutaka Range and Tararua Ranges in the background ("the snowy range in the distance is the Tararua Mountains"); a wild boar hunt in the foreground, with 4 Maori, 3 Pakeha men and four dogs. The dogs are worrying the boar. The Maori are wearing traditional Maori clothing, and all are carrying firearms. Bracken and tree ferns in the foreground and clumps of bush on the plain. Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Lithograph, hand-coloured 238 x 495 mm

Date: 1943

From: Pascoe, John Dobree, 1908-1972 :Photographic albums, prints and negatives

Reference: 1/4-000760-F

Description: Japanese prisoners of war planting cabbages at the state market gardens, near Featherston, in 1943. Photograph taken by John Dobree Pascoe. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s).

Date: 1943

From: Pascoe, John Dobree, 1908-1972 :Photographic albums, prints and negatives

Reference: 1/4-000788-F

Description: Guard at the Japanese prisoner of war camp near Featherston. Photograph taken in 1943 by John Dobree Pascoe. Original caption reads: "The Corporal cleans his sten gun in his hut." Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s).

Date: 1911

From: Girdlestone, Hubert Earle, 1879-1918 : Map collection

By: Girdlestone, Hubert Earle, 1879-1918

Reference: MapColl-832.4cbum/[ca.1911]/Acc.46382

Description: Topographic map of the southern part of the Rimutaka Ranges and part of the Wairarapa south of Lake Wairarapa. Shows tracks. Quantity: 1 manuscript map(s). Physical Description: Ink and wash on dressed linen, colour, 44 x 64 cm.

Date: 1924 - 1979

From: Bagnall :Selection of published and manuscript maps

By: Bagnall, Austin Graham, 1912-1986

Reference: MapColl-832.45edf/[1970-9]/Acc.53422

Description: Land & Survey printed base map with pencil annotations, indicating Maori place names of coastal features. Printed map issued as sheet no. 20 in the New Zealand four-mile series, also known as NZMS 10. Author's source of Maori place names unknown. Probably part of his research for his publications on the Wairarapa. Other Titles - [Cape Palliser = Te Kawakawa - Maori coastal place names] Quantity: 1 map(s). Physical Description: Ink on paper, linen backed with pencil annotations, 44 x 65 cm.

Date: 1943

From: Pascoe, John Dobree, 1908-1972 :Photographic albums, prints and negatives

Reference: 1/4-000761-F

Description: Japanese prisoners of war planting tomatoes at the state market gardens, near Featherston, under the supervision of an officer of the Department of Agriculture. Photograph taken by John Dobree Pascoe in 1943. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s).

Date: 1849

From: [Crawford, James Coutts] 1817-1889 :[Pencil sketches and watercolours of New Zealand 1839-1850]

By: Bell, Francis Dillon (Sir), 1822-1898; Crawford, James Coutts, 1817-1889

Reference: A-229-036

Description: View from hills looking down into a broad valley with bush and pasture across the Ruamahanga River to the Rimutaka hills and the area where Featherston is now located. Based on a pencil drawing by Francis Dillon Bell, dated 1849. The drawing is located amongst Crawford's drawings at A-229-028. Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Pencil & watercolour on paper 165 x 255 mm

Date: 1943

From: Pascoe, John Dobree, 1908-1972 :Photographic albums, prints and negatives

Reference: 1/4-000771-F

Description: Japanese prisoners of war loading sand from a Wairarapa riverbed into a truck. Photograph taken in the Wairarapa in 1943 by John Dobree Pascoe. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s).

Date: 1843

From: Wakefield, Edward Jerningham 1820-1879 :Illustrations to "Adventure in New Zealand". Lithographed from original drawings taken on the spot by Mrs Wicksteed, Miss King, Mrs Fox, Mr John Saxton, Mr Charles Heaphy, Mr S. C. Brees and Captain W. Mein Smith. London, Smith Elder & Co, 1845.

Reference: PUBL-0011-08-3

Description: An extensive view of the Wairarapa Plain with a bivouac noted to the right. Bracken and tree ferns in the foreground and clumps of bush on the plain. Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Lithograph, hand-coloured 238 x 460 mm

Date: [between 1904-1933]

From: Jones, Frederick Nelson, 1881-1962 :Negatives of the Nelson district

Reference: 1/1-011897-G

Description: Area three miles south of Featherston, including Lake Wairarapa, photographed between 1904-1933 by Frederick Nelson Jones. Source of descriptive information - Notes on file print. Date from display dates of PA-Group-00398. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negatives

Date: 1854

By: Tully, Dorothy, 1895-1971

Reference: A-034-027

Description: Shows a hut or cottage in a paddock at the foot of hills, and a large dead tree in foreground. Kuratawhiti Station (in the Wairarapa close to Greytown) was then held by John Waterson on a Maori lease. Other Titles - Kuratawhiti January Inscriptions: Recto - bottom left - Kuratawiti Jan 1854 [in pencil] Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Pencil and watercolour 240 x 165 mm

Date: 1847

By: Brees, Samuel Charles, 1810?-1865; Melville, Henry, 1792-1870

Reference: E-070-009

Description: Small pakeha encampment beside lake. In his text to Pictorial Illustrations of New Zealand, Brees notes:"This View is taken from the western side of the Valley, looking towards the sea, and represents the spot where the author bivouacked on the 8th of February, 1843, when on an exploring expedition with Mr Edward Chedham and Mr Barton; the native chief A Kuri and a party of white men and natives..." The people depicted are presumably intended to represent Brees, Strode, Barton "A Kuri" and others in the party. In: Brees, S C Pictorial Illustrations of New Zealand. (London, 1847) Plate 6, No 15. Text p 13 Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Engraving, hand-coloured 53 x 88 mm

Date: 1843

From: Wakefield, Edward Jerningham 1820-1879 :Illustrations to "Adventure in New Zealand". Lithographed from original drawings taken on the spot by Mrs Wicksteed, Miss King, Mrs Fox, Mr John Saxton, Mr Charles Heaphy, Mr S. C. Brees and Captain W. Mein Smith. London, Smith Elder & Co, 1845.

By: Brees, Samuel Charles, 1810?-1865

Reference: PUBL-0011-08

Description: An extensive view of the Wairarapa Plain with Wairarapa Lake on the left, Rimutaka Range and Tararua Ranges in the background ("the snowy rnage in the distance is the Tararua Mountains"), a wild boar hunt in the foreground, with 5 Maori, 3 Pakeha men and four dogs and a bivouac noted on the plain to the right. Bracken and tree ferns in the foreground and clumps of bush on the plain. The accompanying text reads: This district lies about fifty miles from Wellington by the nearest road. Mr Charles Kettle, one of the Company's Assistant-Surveyors, ascended the Manawatu River, which flows along the other side of the Tararua Mountains, and entered this plain by rounding the low spurs at the extreme right of the view. The forest consists of the largest trees. The open tracts are covered with grass, feern and tutu bushes. Wild hogs abound in this plain. The Ruamahanga flows through the midst of it, and passes through Lake Wairarapa into Palliser Bay. The plain of the Ruamahanga is about sixty miles in length, with an average breadth of twelve miles. There is one small native village at its northern extremity, and another on the beach at Palliser Bay, as well as a whaling station supplied from Wellington. Lake Wairarapa is ten miles long, and from two to three miles broad. Between the lake and the sea several settlers from Wellington have recently squatted with large herds of cattle, which they drove along the sea-coast. Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Lithograph, hand-coloured, in 3 sections 238 x 460 mm + 495 mm + 460 mm

Date: 1943

From: Pascoe, John Dobree, 1908-1972 :Photographic albums, prints and negatives

Reference: 1/4-000790-F

Description: Maori guard and prisoner at the Japanese prisoner of war camp near Featherston. Photograph taken in 1943 by John Dobree Pascoe. The guard has been identified by a family member as Hape Williams. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s).

Date: 1943

From: Pascoe, John Dobree, 1908-1972 :Photographic albums, prints and negatives

Reference: 1/4-000780-F

Description: Cement being made at the Japanese war camp near Featherston. Photograph taken in 1943 by John Dobree Pascoe. Original caption reads: "Most of the cement work is done in the open." Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s).

Date: 1861

By: Carter, Charles Rooking, 1822-1896; Carterton District Library

Reference: MapColl-os832.45gbbd/[1861?]/Acc.564

Description: Cadastral map with topographical features, of the Wairarapa District showing land blocks and runholders, Maori lands and reserves, and some Maori placenames. Many sections indicate acreage and owner's name. These include: AJ Skinner, R Woodham, W Berger, JH & RP Wallace, RH Pembroke, Fairweather, RF Pemberton, W Welch, Campbell, W Bowle, Paul, R Collins, Williams, Dorset, W Bowler, Toomath, Wi Waka, W Bowler, Te Ropiha, Cravae, Dagge, Prentice, M Moses, B Buck, J Roy, J Woodward, B Boys, JEJ Boys, P Trotter, T Reid, J Aked, J Leyden, D Dick, J Kidd, G Cox, S Page, GR Carter, HY Wisham, Salvador Cimino, J Vile, Strang, Thomas Henry Clapham, Buck & Kemble, H St Hill, W L Lucerne, A Gillies, T Roberts, T Webb, W Bennet, Wilkinson, Hayward, Tollemarche, R Yule, Bidwill, Bidwell, T Worsley, Benton, Barnet, Williams, Joseph, E Jeffries, Morrison, Smith & Revans, WM Smith, Meredith, Manihera, A Gillies, McMaster, Kelly, Russell, R Rufsell, Hume, C Sharpe, J Northward, R Collins. Also shown is Crown land, Native (Maori) land, Rangiumau Block, Raniera's Reserve, Kopuaranga Block, Kahutara Block, Manohawea Reserve, Wangaehu Block, Otahuro Block. Quantity: 1 map(s) on 2 sheets. Physical Description: Ink and watercolour on paper, losses filled with a wove paper, the whole backed with silicon paper, 96 x 88.5 and 101.8 x 89 cm. Provenance: Presented to the Carterton Library by Charles Rooking Carter in 1896. Processing information: Many names on the map are hard to decipher. Clarification by viewing the map may be required.

Date: 1943

From: Pascoe, John Dobree, 1908-1972 :Photographic albums, prints and negatives

Reference: 1/4-000766-F

Description: Japanese prisoners of war being transported back to camp after a days work. Photograph taken by John Dobree Pascoe in 1943, probably near Featherston. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s).

Date: 1943

From: Pascoe, John Dobree, 1908-1972 :Photographic albums, prints and negatives

Reference: 1/4-000779-F

Description: Japanese prisoner of war making chimneys for state houses. Photograph taken by John Dobree Pascoe in 1943 at the Japanese prisoner of war camp near Featherston. Original caption reads: "Here is a prisoner finishing off a piece of cement work." Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s).